I have to admit that it’s been really beautiful around Ottawa this past month. Sure, we had a couple of cold days around -20 during the week but it’s been really great to bring the kids out and do activities when it’s 5 outside.
What is this? There are multiple of these things in the forest near the cemetery.
Vero tried to get us to go snowshoeing Saturday morning and failed miserably. Sierra was not cooperating at all and then she had dry cracked lips which was putting her in an even worse mood.
At one point we hadn’t even made it past the neighbour’s house when we just abandoned our plans to go snowshoeing and we decided to turn around and go to the park. But Sierra didn’t want to pull the sled that I gave her and that’s the point where my patience wears thin and I get into a standoff with my kids. Vero took Ezra to the park to go sliding and Sierra stayed in the driveway whining while I shovelled a bit. Hey, if a kid doesn’t want to drag a sled behind them to go sliding, no hair off of my back!
So, snowshoeing in the morning was a bust. Everyone was in a bad mood, Ezra proceeded to hit Sierra in the head for the fourth time that day and I lost it on him. Dragging him home and sending him to his room should have been a lesson for him but I’m not sure he absorbs what he does wrong. Ah well.
The afternoon came and we decided to try it out again. Luckily the kids were more agreeable and I put them in the car and we parked at the church down the road so our walk to the cemetery wouldn’t be too long.
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and we had fun making our own trails through the forest off the beaten track.
It’s always exciting when the train passes by when we are walking in the trails!
I always like it when we reach the cemetery and the sun is shining
Having a snack
The day may have started out pretty rough but the afternoon worked out quite nice and we all had a great time enjoying the winter.